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The Spectacle Blog
The American Conservative Union has just named Senator Rand Paul the winner of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference Straw Poll. Paul (25%) narrowly beat Senator Marco Rubio (23%), former Senator Rick Santorum (8%), and Governor Chris Christie (7%).
Given the ubiquity of “Stand for Rand” stickers and signs at this year’s conference, I’m not surprised by Paul’s victory. I am wondering, however, whether the Kentucky senator’s win tells us much about his chances for securing the GOP nomination in 2016. For every eventual nominee like George Bush and Mitt Romney (CPAC Straw Poll winners in 2000 and 2012 respectively) there is a Jack Kemp (1986, 1987, 1993) or a Steve Forbes (1998)—or even a Ron Paul (2010, 2011)—who fired up the conservative base but couldn’t hack it in the primaries.
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Crassus| 3.16.13 @ 11:09PM
My dog could win the CPAC straw poll if he barked loud enough.
C Bowen | 3.18.13 @ 6:42PM
More interesting, 80% of CPAC supported Rand Paul's position on drones (and thus disagreed with Rubio, McCain, Lindsey and the rest of the lot.)
But Rubio, who randomly associated himself with the filibuster, might have left some confused.
The question is why Rand did not win by more points.
Anyway, the showdown with Rubio over Amnesty is coming and it will decide Senator Paul's political future for it is now within grasp to break the Invade the World/Invite the World stranglehold the Romney/McCain/Graham et al Old Bulls have on the party.
Occam's Tool| 5.8.13 @ 12:02PM
Bowen: does it interest you that two incompetent teenage Islamic scumbags can paralyze a major American city? Or do you pay attention to your actual surroundings at all?